Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Coexistence of structural and magnetic phases in van der Waals magnet CrI3

  • Jaume Meseguer-Sánchez,
  • Catalin Popescu,
  • José Luis García-Muñoz,
  • Hubertus Luetkens,
  • Grigol Taniashvili,
  • Efrén Navarro-Moratalla,
  • Zurab Guguchia,
  • Elton J. G. Santos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26342-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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CrI3 is a popular van der Waals magnet that exhibits anomalous magnetic properties between bulk and thin layers due to different crystal symmetry. Here, the authors report the coexistence of different magnetostructural phases over the entire range of temperatures, solving a long-standing puzzle.